I'm hoping that someone can help me find when Gaetano "Gus" Mazzola died and who is parents could be. Gaetano married Giuseppa "Josephine" Pizzitola in Italy. They lived in Belmonte Mezzagno, Palermo. I'm judging that he died between 1896 and 1903 in Belmonte based on the birth of his last known child and when the family immigrated to the United States without him.

SvenMS wrote:I'm hoping that someone can help me find when Gaetano "Gus" Mazzola died and who is parents could be. Gaetano married Giuseppa "Josephine" Pizzitola in Italy. They lived in Belmonte Mezzagno, Palermo. I'm judging that he died between 1896 and 1903 in Belmonte based on the birth of his last known child and when the family immigrated to the United States without him.

Welcome to the forum. Even though there are supposed to be online death records for the town through 1902, the only death records there (from 1895 to 1902) are for years 1895 and 1896 and Gaetano's death record is not among them. At the website http://www.familysearch.org

Sorry, I do not know. Giuseppa's death certificate only lists Italy. Her immigration manifest listed her last residence as Belmonte in 1902. She might have been born in Santa Cristina Gela as her parents lived there. If you can find Gaetano's birth, that would be great as well.

Dated on April 18, 1883, he was born on the 15th. His father, Gaetano, was age 31, and a farmer living in the town. His mother, Giuseppa Pezzitola (this is the spelling of her surname in the record) was age 23 and a housewife.

Dated April 28, 1882Gaetano Mazzola was 33 and born in Belmonte of Vincenzo and deceased Vincenza CapizziGiuseppa Pizzitola was age 20 and born in Santa Cristina Gela, daughter of Francesco Pizzitola and deceased Giovanna Pace

Here's the death record of Gaetano Mazzola's father, Vincenzo Mazzola in Belmonte-dated Oct 12, 1887, death was on the 11thHe was age 82, a property owner, son of deceased Gaetano Mazzola and deceased Saveria Chinnici; widower of Vincenza Capizzi.

This is a birth record for a second Vincenzo born to Gaetano and Giuseppa on June 22, 1884. He was age 33 and she was age 24. So the first Vincenzo would have died for this child to be given the same first name. It appears though that the 1883 death records are missing.